Position: 02:32.825S 36:48.957E
"km north of Namanga, the ntown which is on the Kenyan / Tanzania border.
Cycled 176km today...a long one and two of us ended up doing 8km longer as
we were first off and weren't told of the turnoff to Tanzania..! Not well
marked, and I was going like the clappers, thinking I wonder if there is a
turnoff, and I had better ask soon! Next thing a minibus came next to me
and said 'my buddies had turned off quite a while back! Oooops...bad boy
again!
Eventually got on the right road and then I felt the need to push it a bit
to catch up.....Caught the last 10 people before lunch, but I paid the price
later...it was a long day and the legs feel it!
Rooute was very niice, with small rolling hills and exactly the scrub and
tree wit mountains in the background that I would expect in Tanzania, near
Kilimanjaro.
About 10km before the campsite, the base of Kilimanjaro came into view, with
the top two thirds hidden by cloud.
Lots of Maasai people around, so the villages have been quite interesting.
Verry hot today....
Tomorrow I cross into Tanzania for the ride to Arusha...should be great!
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